*crying*
CAWLING BACK TO YOU
*yelling*
EVER THOUGHT OF CALLING
*flips furniture*
WHEN YOU’VE HAD A FEW?
*smashes windows*
‘CAUSE I ALWAYS DO
*jumps out of nearest window*
MAYBE I’M TOO
*falls to the ground*
BUSY BEING YOURS
*curls up into a ball*
TO FALL FOR
*cries for a month*
SOMEBODY NEW
Wambach does not remember the date of her U.S. debut or first goal, her pro championship with the Washington Freedom a dozen years ago, the two Olympic gold medals or the day she became the greatest international goal scorer. She does, however, remember when the United States lost to Japan in the World Cup final, a match that was decided on penalty kicks after the Americans surrendered leads late in both regulation and extra time. Four years on, it still gnaws at her.
“It’s always there, and that is what happens in heartbreak. Heartbreak never goes away, but now we have an opportunity.” x
"Girl Scouts is for every girl," said Megan Ferland, CEO of the Girl Scouts of Western Washington.
Earlier this year, the Girl Scouts of Western Washington received a donation of $100,000. They were thrilled – that amount of money comprises nearly a third of the organization’s financial assistance program, and it makes a huge difference to the girls they serve.
Then, they learned that the donor had made the gift on one condition: It was not to be used to support transgender girls, which the Girl Scouts has been doing for years. So the Scouts returned the gift. Every dollar.
To make up for the huge dent in their finances, they just launched an Indiegogo fundraiser to raise back the $100,000 and use it for every girl who needs them, regardless of whether or not the girl is transgender. In one day, they’ve already far surpassed their goal, raising over $175,000 and counting. And there are still 29 days of their online campaign remaining.
The Seattle Met reports that it’s the second time “in less than five years” that a Girl Scout council [led by chief executive Megan Ferland] “has taken a public stand to support transgender girls.”
From the magazine:
In 2012, when she headed the organization’s Colorado council, a 7-year-old transgender girl in Denver was denied entry to a troop. Although the council had never specifically said that it accepted transgender girls, the national organization had always made inclusivity the foundation of its mission. So after checking with the council’s attorney, Ferland issued a public statement welcoming transgender girls and explaining that the council was working to find a troop for the girl who’d been rejected. “Every girl that is a Girl Scout is a Girl Scout because her parent or guardian brings her to us and says, ‘I want my child to participate,‘” Ferland says. “And I don’t question whether or not they’re a girl.”
Absolutely incredible. I am the best kind of speechless.